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Our Spring 2009 internship slots
are full.
We are currently accepting
applications for Summer 2009 internship placements.
Please see below for specific
opportunities.
Application Form (PDF File)
The Baby Fold values the opportunity to
assist in the education and career development of students
that are preparing for work in the professions represented
at The Baby Fold. Following are some of the opportunities
available for internships at The Baby Fold.
Adoption –
Participate in preparing
prospective adoptive parents for the adoption experience;
assist children in learning about their past and help
them prepare for adoption; help recruit adoptive families
for children who are waiting for a family to call their
own. (Summer only)
Adoption and Subsidized Guardianship Preservation
Services – Advocate for a child or youth
that is struggling with identify issues or feelings
of being detached from his or her adoptive family; lead
support groups for children and teens who are searching
for others who share their experience; learn the dynamics
of families that have come together through adoption
and subsidized guardianship. (Fall-Spring only, 2
semester placement)
Development
and Public Relations -
Learn
about development and public relations at a non-profit
organization by developing marketing tools, providing
public relations, recruiting volunteers, and
coordinating special events. (Fall
semester only)
Foster Care
– Learn about case management, counseling, and
advocacy services provided to children, birth parents,
and foster parents within the child welfare system.
Supervise visits between foster children and their
parents and siblings. Provide mentoring and tutoring
services to clients. (All semesters)
Foster Home Licensing –
Help
recruit families to become foster parents; assist in
the preparation and support of foster families; supervise
visits between foster children and their parents and
siblings. (All semesters)
Healthy Start
– Actively participate in the lives
of first-time or teenage parents by teaching child
development and parent-child bonding activities, and by
assisting them in accessing community resources; use
family strengths as the basis for services. Services are
provided in the family’s home. (Summer
semester only)
Human Resources -
Learn first hand about basic human resources functions
by assisting in the recruiting and hiring processes,
creating and maintaining personnel files, employee
recognition, workers' compensation, reception duties and
general office tasks.
(All semesters)
Post-legal Adoption – Provide background
letters to inquiring members of the adoption triad,
provide mediation services for closed and semi-open
adoptions, help complete searches with the caseworker,
help compile client information in a database.
(Summer semester only)
Pregnancy Counseling – Learn about counseling
and support services provided to an expectant mother,
the father of the child, and other family members or
significant others during pregnancy to assist them in
their decision making related to the care of their
child(ren). (Summer semester only)
Professional Foster Care –
Become
involved in the care and treatment of children and youth
with special behavioral and emotional needs; assist
the children and youth in learning daily living skills
and preparing for independent living. Learn about case management, counseling, and
advocacy services provided to children, birth parents,
and foster parents within the child welfare system.
Supervise visits between foster children and their
parents and siblings. Provide mentoring and tutoring
services to clients. (All semesters)
Residential Treatment Center Clinical Services
- Participate in the treatment of children
with severe emotional and behavioral problems; supervise
visits between children and their families; help lead
treatment groups; participate in individual and family
therapy; assist with transitions into and out of the
Residential Treatment Center; and learn about case
management, treatment services and working with the
child welfare system. (Summer semester only)
Therapy - Work with therapists to provide a full
array of services for clients served within the Foster
Care program. Observe and help lead
groups for children and parents; provide support for the
educational and recreational needs of clients; and
facilitate family visitation for children in foster
care. (9 to 12-month placement, May or August
2009 to May 2010)
For more information on internship opportunities at
The Baby Fold contact:
Human Resources
108 E. Willow St.
Normal, IL 61761
Phone: (309) 452-1170
Fax: (309) 451-7289
Email:
HumanResources@thebabyfold.org
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